Honey locust is fast-growing, medium-sized tree. This tree has very fragrant flowers and is unique in a way that thorns adorn large portions of the trunk. Honey locusts serve as excellent shade trees. Because of its hardiness and drought tolerance, the honey locust is widely planted as windbreaks and soil erosion control.
A healthy honey locust grows to 98 feet. The trunk of the tree often displays clusters of large, branched
A honey locust with a thorns
thorns, typically 1-3 inches in length. The leaves of a honey locust are pinnately lobed, with 18-30 oval-shaped leaflets. Late season leaves can be twice pinnate (doubly compound). Spring and summer foliage is bright green, then turns to a bright yellow in the fall months. The fruit of a honey locust are flattened, twisted seed pods. Each seed pod is pale green in color until it reaches maturity. When it reaches maturity in the late summer and fall, the pods turn a reddish-brown. Each pod contains 10-20 seeds measuring about a centimeter in length. When winter comes about, most pods drop, unopened, while others remain on the tree through the cold season.
Pinnately lobed leaves
The honey locust's native range stretches from southeastern South Dakota, down to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts. Typically the East-Central region of the United States receives 20-60 inches of rainfall annually.
Honey locust tend to be a bottom land species, meaning it thrives in areas near lakes or streams with moist and fertile or limestone soil. Growth is poor in gravelly and heavy clay soils. The honey locust tends to grow at lower elevations
This tree is found in zones 3-9.
than most trees, usually between 2,000 to 2,500 feet. Previous records show elevation growth up to 5,000 feet, but the tree's growth was severely stunted.
A healthy honey locust grows to 98 feet. The trunk of the tree often displays clusters of large, branched
The honey locust's native range stretches from southeastern South Dakota, down to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts. Typically the East-Central region of the United States receives 20-60 inches of rainfall annually.
Honey locust tend to be a bottom land species, meaning it thrives in areas near lakes or streams with moist and fertile or limestone soil. Growth is poor in gravelly and heavy clay soils. The honey locust tends to grow at lower elevations
than most trees, usually between 2,000 to 2,500 feet. Previous records show elevation growth up to 5,000 feet, but the tree's growth was severely stunted.
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